Where have messenger sound settings gone ?

[Dingo]

Does anyone know where the sound settings have gone for MSN Messenger on the XDA Exec. They used to be in sounds and notifications on the older OS's.

[dherrero]

It isnt available in WM2005. Incredible

[Dingo]

Not in the usual place anyway. I have also had a search around the registry but i could not find anything obvious.

[Dingo]

Just Incase anyone is interested dmr54 over at Tekguru found the answer on a blog at
http://www.shahine.com/omar/WindowsMobile5AndPocketMSNMessengerNotificationsFi x.aspx

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Here are the registry keys you’ll need to add to your device:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\Notifications\{A877 D65E-239C-47a7-9304-0D347F580408}]
"Options"=dword:00000008
@="Messenger: Contact Online"
"Wave"="notify"
"Duration"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\Notifications\{A877 D65F-239C-47a7-9304-0D347F580408}]
"Options"=dword:00000008
@="Messenger: New Message"
"Wave"="notify"
"Duration"=dword:00000000

After adding these you can go to the Sound and Notifications control panel and customize the notification behavior.
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I just created a txt file with the above 2 blocks in it and renamed it to messenger.reg then ran it on the Exec. Now i can set the notifications from the usual place.

Worked fine for me but you attempt at your own risk.

[timetex]

Just Incase anyone is interested dmr54 over at Tekguru found the answer on a blog at
http://www.shahine.com/omar/WindowsMobile5AndPocketMSNMessengerNotificationsFi x.aspx

---------------------------------------------------------------------
Here are the registry keys you’ll need to add to your device:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\Notifications\{A877 D65E-239C-47a7-9304-0D347F580408}]
"Options"=dword:00000008
@="Messenger: Contact Online"
"Wave"="notify"
"Duration"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\Notifications\{A877 D65F-239C-47a7-9304-0D347F580408}]
"Options"=dword:00000008
@="Messenger: New Message"
"Wave"="notify"
"Duration"=dword:00000000

After adding these you can go to the Sound and Notifications control panel and customize the notification behavior.
---------------------------------------------------------------------

I just created a txt file with the above 2 blocks in it and renamed it to messenger.reg then ran it on the Exec. Now i can set the notifications from the usual place.

Worked fine for me but you attempt at your own risk.

I supposedly did this (its all I've done this morning) but:

a) I can't see the entries in the reg file
b) my data connections no longer work

Dunno how to back out the changes if I can't find them!

[darkblak]

Just Incase anyone is interested dmr54 over at Tekguru found the answer on a blog at
http://www.shahine.com/omar/WindowsMobile5AndPocketMSNMessengerNotificationsFi x.aspx

---------------------------------------------------------------------
Here are the registry keys you’ll need to add to your device:

Worked fine for me but you attempt at your own risk.

Thanks Dingo - works fine for me.

[timetex]

Somehow it wiped the password and username settings for the T Mobile 3G / GPRS connection, as well as the password on my exhange server connection... very strange!

[Carnivor]

I used this code in a text file renamed to messenger.reg



Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\Notifications\{A87 7D65E-239C-47a7-9304-0D347F580408}]
"Options"=dword:00000008
"Wave"="Notify"
"Duration"=dword:00000000
@="Messenger: Contact Online"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\Notifications\{A87 7D65F-239C-47a7-9304-0D347F580408}]
"Options"=dword:00000008
"Wave"="Notify"
"Duration"=dword:00000000
@="Messenger: New Message"


file imports, i see no keys appear in registry :(

[Carnivor]

well it took long enough using resco to edit registry, but it works. thank frek, now i have have msn on in the background and not get pestered every 5 seconds.

[Kashif]

just import this registry file,message notification and contact online notification will b solved
cheers

[Carnivor]

thats what i did in the first place, it was just never showing up in the registry. i then tried adding the key and it said it already existed, then is was visible, but empty, so i manually added the rest and it works fine.

[Dingo]

Somehow it wiped the password and username settings for the T Mobile 3G / GPRS connection, as well as the password on my exhange server connection... very strange!

Very strange indeed. The 2 entries are added to the ControlPanel\Notifications section of the registry so should not in anyway affect data connection.

It would be wise for other T Mobile users to take note though just incase. Also if you could post success/failure results it would help to determine what the problem may be.

Also i did not note in my post above that after changing the registry switch your phone off and then soft reset for the settings to take effect.